Loved reading this! I have a Singer FW, which runs like a dream, a Singer 99K (it does need to be serviced), and a Wards Damascus Grand treadle, which I know works, but have no place to set it to comfortably open it up and USE! I also have my mom's Singer Golden Touch'n'Sew, and a couple of later model machines. My favorites are the Singers and the Damascus Grand!